Star Junction Historic District

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Star Junction Historic District
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Old company store in Star Junction, May 1989
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LocationRoughly the jct. of PA 51 and PA 4036, including Post Office Rd., Church St., PA 532, and Old Ridge Rd., Perry Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°03′42″N79°45′43″W / 40.06167°N 79.76194°W / 40.06167; -79.76194
Area100 acres (40 ha)
Built1892
Built byWashington Coal and Coke
Architectural stylecompany built miner's duplex
MPS Bituminous Coal and Coke Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No. 97001244 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 1997

The Star Junction Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Perry Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

History and architectural features

This district includes 163 contributing buildings and two contributing structures that are located in the bituminous coal mining community of Star Junction. Most of the contributing buildings were built between 1892 and 1918; 130 are two-story, frame duplex workers' houses. The oldest building is the Whitsett farmhouse; it was built circa 1845. Other buildings and structures include twenty-two mine managers' dwellings ("Tony Row"), two former mine buildings, two churches, a parsonage, two commercial buildings, a concrete highway bridge (1921), and n earthen dam reservoir (c. 1892). [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Clinton E. Piper (July 1997). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Star Junction Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 20, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
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